Our first offer was from a paleontologist relocating from Oxford University, the next one was from two Google employees, and in the end, the new city administrator of Ann Arbor, recruited from Austin, was the buyer, which was kind of cool.

Just wanting to learn from you all about investing, possibly might have some ideas for rentals if i can learn more in a nearby city. 

The search member section by city and zip is not working.  

The biggest reason that they will lend you the money is that they have known you for 10, 20 or 30 years and trust YOU.

I'm awaiting delivery on Brandon Turner's book on Rental Property Investing at the moment as well.One of my biggest questions that I cannot find a solid answer to is about direct lenders/financing.  

Brian - check out the Hub City REIA up there in Hagerstown.  

You can put down 3.5% and your biggest hurdle will be convincing an UW that the new purchase is really your primary.

Unsafe" is probably language that local C/E uses to refer to Health and Safety Code laws as they relate to their ability to withdraw a Certificate of Occipancy.As you may already know, I've spoken at our state's annual code enforcement conference and follow multiple cities fairly closely.

Section 8 properties and the city of Detroit is probably where you are seeing those.  

They certainly don't come to mind (for me) as one of the major employers in the city, so I don't anticipate much impact here.